214. Christmas in the Kitchen: Sourdough Inspiration for the Holidays! | Ash of Turner Farm

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

One of my favorite topics to dive into is sourdough, and Ash is the perfect person to join me for today’s conversation! Ash creates the most beautiful sourdough baked goods, and she teaches others to do the same. We are chatting about the recipes we love baking around the holidays, our best tips for gifting baked goods, the ins and outs of working with different types of dough, recovering sourdough fails, and more. Join us for this conversation as you get ready to jump into holiday baking this season!

In this episode, we cover:

All about Ash’s farm and sourdough journey
A few favorite sourdough recipes for the holidays
How the fermentation process keeps food from spoiling
Reviving a sourdough starter that has been neglected
Ideas for gifting baked goods
Tips for mastering brioche dough and how to use it
The versatility and technique of making pastry dough
Navigating the challenges of fermented cookies
Strategies for long-fermenting without overproofing
Bringing back dough that has been overproofed

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0:13.3	We're all about gifting food here for Christmas. I think that's the best way to make it meaningful and you can get your kids involved. It's not expensive, especially if you're making things like bread. It's such a great holiday thing. We bake pretty much from the 1st of December,
0:15.8	all the way through December.
0:17.0	Honestly, you're giving more when you're doing that.
0:19.8	It's easier just to get on Amazon or whatever and order things and then be like I got it
0:24.4	done check check check but this is such a meaningful gift and that it nourishes
0:28.6	someone it takes a lot of your time and your expertise it's something that a lot of people don't know how to do so it's a really special gift.
0:36.0	My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boone.
0:42.0	Join me as I share with you my love for creating. blog and YouTube channel Farm House on Boone.
0:42.8	Join me as I share with you my love for creating a handmade home
0:46.1	from scratch cooking and a little mom
0:48.0	and entrepreneur life along the way. Welcome back to the Simple Farm House Life podcast. I just finished talking with Ashley
1:01.3	Turner of Turner Farm and I'm about to share that episode here with you and so many great ideas for Christmas gifts, edible Christmas gifts, beautifully presented sourdough tips. We talked about her farm.
1:16.0	There's a lot in this episode that I personally learned even after doing sourdough for however many 13 years now is somewhere in there
1:26.5	so much good information inspiration if you don't love sourdough will get your wheels
1:32.0	turning on some handmade gift ideas if that's something
1:36.7	meaningful you want to present your family with this year. Overall lots of good information in this episode.
1:44.7	Ashley, well thank you so much for coming on again.
1:47.5	We were just discussing when I had you on last.
1:50.3	Yeah. But for those who are new to the podcast or maybe didn't hear that interview tell us about you and your farm your story I know that I've my sister one of my younger sisters follows you really closely and she's always telling me things like, look at this, look at this.
2:06.7	So, you know, I know you have a unique story to share.
2:11.3	Yeah, so we live in Nova Scotia right on the Bay of Fundy. And we have a small farm. We farm
2:19.8	Wagu cattle and we have some horses and some chickens.
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